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A review by meghan111
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
4.0
Slips back and forth between pretty straightforward stories of fictional characters and interludes with the author, Mr. Fox, his muse, and his wife. Fairy tale inspirations and beautiful writing. If you're a male writer, what does it mean when your female characters meet violent, unhappy ends?
Two fragments:
1. A fox steals a dictionary.
2. "How can I be a better husband?" a character asks, and his wife gives him a mask to wear:
This book would be an excellent pairing with [b:Tender Morsels|2662169|Tender Morsels|Margo Lanagan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320416424s/2662169.jpg|2687395] by Margo Lanagan.
Two fragments:
1. A fox steals a dictionary.
2. "How can I be a better husband?" a character asks, and his wife gives him a mask to wear:
"A white mask. Not flat white; rather, a colour suggestive of earth, brilliant but faintly fibrous, as it is beneath the skin of a pear. The mask's expression was neither happy nor sad."
This book would be an excellent pairing with [b:Tender Morsels|2662169|Tender Morsels|Margo Lanagan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320416424s/2662169.jpg|2687395] by Margo Lanagan.